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JoHN'conr IIND DAVID MCCURDY, or CLEVELAND, oHI, AND WILLIAM D. RICE, ori' NEW YORK, N. Y.

cR- ac UPLING.

sPEcrFrcArIoNfrming part of Letters Patent No. 92,538, dated YJanuary 29, 1884.

Ap'piicntiontlea octtter 1,1883. (Model.)

having the link and pin, the coupling anduncoupling being done from the sides or top of `a car, thereby obviating the necessity of going between cars for that purpose, and 4thereby preventing the dangers to life and limb of those engaged in that business.

Our invention consists in the construction and application of new and novel devices with a draw-head having the ordinary mouth-piece to receive a link and pin, saidnew devices being a rotating shaftplaced horizontally through the drawhead, said shaft provided with eccentrics and a coupling-hook on one side of the draw-head, and a hook-receiving pallet on the shaft being operated by a crank having rods and lever attached for manipulating the coupler from either side or top of a car, substau tially as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is y a side elevation. Fig. 2 isa-top view. Fig. 3

Fig. 4 is alongitudinal section of same. Fig. 5 is a detached View of the coupling-hook. Fi 6 is a detached view of the rotatingshaft and its eccentrics and manipulating-ring. Fig. 7 is a' detached view' of the hook-receiving pallet. Fig. 8 is a view of a plain wrought-iron draw-head.

This coupling is designed for both passenger and freight cars.

A is a draW-head,which may be of the usual form, and provided with the ordinary coupling link and pin. Through said draw-head is made a horizontal hole, a, either in rear or in front of the pinhole, into which is tted a shaft, B, on one end of which are placed two eccentrics, C C', and which are located on one side of the draw-head; and on the other end is placed a pallet, D, on the opposite side ofthe draw-head.

f Eis acoupling-.hook having an eye which fits on the smaller eccentric C, the forward end of which engages with a pallet on the opposite draw-head. The rear end of said hookprojects a short distance back of the shaft, and is pro-` vided with a cr0ss-pin e, the inner end of which Thev the pawl, holds the hook securely locked and prevents uncoupling. By giving the shaft a half-turn the `hooks are released on both cars. The one attached to the rotated shaft, being raised and carried forward by the` eccentric, is pushed upward by the swell on its under side asit slides on the top of the pallet on the opposite draw-head. The pin e slides down the incline of the guide h, and holds the hook in the elevated position shown by dotted lines in Fig. l. The rotating of this shaft also rotates the pallet on the other side of the draw-head. This lifts the point of thehook ofthe opposite draw` head also by the point engaging with the depression d in said pallet. The draw-heads may now be separated and the cars uncoupled. The hook on the opposite draw-head, as soon as the draw-heads are separated, drops back into a horizontal position, and is ready to make another coupling automatically. The other hook, which has been operated by the rotating of the shaft, is again returned to its horizontal posi# tion by rotating the shaft back again, when both couplers are free to operate automatically for recoupling.

In using our coupler with the ordinary linkand-pin draw-head, the hook may be thrown l vover back out of the way of stubbing-block,

and by placing both hooks in that position cars may-be run together without coupling. By the use of the same mechanism the hooks can be placed at any desired angle to accommodate loaded or unloaded cars. On one end of said shaft vl2 is placed pear-shaped crank G,

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recessed te receive a revolving Wheel or ellipse, g,which is pivoted at the center to the back of the recess. A vertical rod, i', is secured to the said ellipse at one side of the center,and reaches to top of car, for the purpose of operating the coupling from above, and there may be side lever onjend of car, attached to said vertical rod, for operating the coupler from either side of car.

Upon the shaft B, inside of the draw-head, is fixed a ring, j, having lips on one side, forming a socket to receive the end ofthe link,when a link is used for coupling. Said ring is designed for elevating or depressing` the outer end of the link in making a coupling with cars which may have a draw-head at a higher or lower elevation.

In Fig. 8 is-seen aplain Wrought-iron drawbar having a T-head, and provided Witha cush ion. Our devices may be attached to this in similar manner to the hollow draw-head, thus adapting the coupling to be coupled with passenger-cars having Miller coupler, the Miller hook catching onto the lower arm of T, While the upper arm of T may hold a link, if neccssary, in coupling with a link-and-pin coupler.

Having described our inve11tion,\ve claiml. In a carcoupling, the combination, with a drawhead adapted to be coupled with the ordinary link and pin, of a rotating shaft provided with eecentrics C C', and a pallet, D, for operating a coupling-hook, substantially in the manner and for the purposes specified.

and pin, and provided with a rotating shaft having the eccentrics and pallet placed in the manner shown, of a coupling-hook arranged to be operated by said shaft and eecentries, and to engage with a pallet on an opposite drawhead, substantially as and for the purpose specied.

3. In car-couplings, acoupling-hook having rear projection provided with cross-pin e and latch or pawl F, said pin engaging With inclined guide h inside of draw-head, for holding or retaining the hook in an elevated or depressed position, as and for the purpose specified.

4. rllhe guide h in the side of the draw-head, for adapting same for operating in conjunction with coupling-hooks in making coupling in cars varying in height, as specified.

5. In car-couplings, the combination, with the rotating shaft, of a pearshaped crank having pivoted Wheel or ellipse carrying a vertical rod for operating the coupler from top of car, as described.

6. rIhe combinationmith the rotating shaft, of the ring j, having lips or socket for adapting the said shaft to manipulate a lilik in making a coupling with an ordinary link-and-pin coupling, or car not having car-coupler attaehed.

JOHN COUP. DAVID MCOURDY. YVM. B. RICE.

lVitnesses:

GEO. XV. TrBBrTTs, l. W. CIDWELL. 

